JMIR Formative Research (Jul 2024)

Digitally Enabled Peer Support and Social Health Platform for Vulnerable Adults With Loneliness and Symptomatic Mental Illness: Cohort Analysis

  • Dena Bravata,
  • Daniel Russell,
  • Annette Fellows,
  • Ron Goldman,
  • Elizabeth Pace

DOI
https://doi.org/10.2196/58263
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8
p. e58263

Abstract

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This study prospectively evaluated the effects of digitally enabled peer support on mental health outcomes and estimated medical cost reductions among vulnerable adults with symptomatic depression, anxiety, and significant loneliness to address the mental health crisis in the United States.